Popular Post BlastWave 203 Posted April 29, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) Hello everyone, I've been a long time user of Paint.NET and lurker of the forum. I'm a fan of military modeling and designs and use Paint.NET to draw and shade the various vehicles and pixel/sprite style soldiers I make. I've been using this program for around 7 years now, so I feel like I should probably make a thread here for some of the stuff I've made. To start, here's some of my recent scenes. Click each for their full resolution. Edited October 20, 2018 by BlastWave 1 14 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixey 4,541 Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 Hi @BlastWave and Welcome to the forum. These images are wonderful and each one tells a different story. I love the fire blast effect, in the first one, and some of those vehicles are amazing. Great work indeed . 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewDavid 714 Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 4 hours ago, BlastWave said: I'm a fan of military modeling and designs Welcome @BlastWave Your artwork is fantastic. I see you play with the aircraft fonts as well Exactly the level I hope to achieve. Only been using paint for 3 months - 6 years and 9 months to go. A tut on your Starship would be much appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woodsy 853 Posted April 30, 2017 Report Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) Incredible work there BlastWave! I particularly like the 8th one down (the one with the trees ). You've got 2 years on me and it shows! Really looking forward to more additions to your gallery. The tractor is very well done also! Edited April 30, 2017 by Woodsy 1 Quote My PDN Gallery Link to post Share on other sites
Seerose 4,268 Posted April 30, 2017 Report Share Posted April 30, 2017 Hi @BlastWave! Welcome to the forum. All the pictures work are very nice. I particularly like the 1th one. Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to post Share on other sites
hippiechos 73 Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 Great work! They look like they'd make a great graphic novel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beta0 85 Posted May 1, 2017 Report Share Posted May 1, 2017 (edited) They're really good. My favorite is the second one. It shows that the rotor is in motion. And the use of colors (from dark to light) and blur aid in perspective. Oh, almost forgot. Welcome to the forum! X] Edited May 1, 2017 by Beta0 Quote A Gallery Where to find me :D (Please, be careful. Some of the sites I'm on might not be family-friendly. 😱 ) Link to post Share on other sites
BlastWave 203 Posted May 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) Thank you all very much for the feedback and the warm welcome. @AndrewDavid I don't really have a tutorial for these, but I do have some timelapses and a WIP of one of my tanks. It essentially starts with a really rough black and white sketch of the design done in Microsoft Paint, I then trace and clean it up and begin the linework after that, when I finally am satisfied with the detailing, I take it into Paint.NET and start coloring it in and shade it using various layer modes. Here is kind of a progress photo of an old sci-fi tank I did. This is the finished product, if I remember, it took about 2 days to finish. Here are two timelapses of the ships: http://i.imgur.com/YfRHTh7.gif http://i.imgur.com/PsUCYUV.gif Finally, here's all the spaceships I've done so far: Edited July 8, 2017 by BlastWave 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewDavid 714 Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 Thanks for sharing your artwork @BlastWaveWe are so on the same page. I'm learning to do exactly what you have done. Make sure you check out Shapemaker to see what I did yesterday to begin my process. A shape is always a good starting point. Paint on! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beta0 85 Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 @BlastWave You're welcome. I just saw your workflow (process and timelapses.) That's impressive. X] Quote A Gallery Where to find me :D (Please, be careful. Some of the sites I'm on might not be family-friendly. 😱 ) Link to post Share on other sites
Ego Eram Reputo 2,616 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 5 hours ago, BlastWave said: Here are two timelapses of the ships: http://i.imgur.com/YfRHTh7.gif http://i.imgur.com/PsUCYUV.gif Damn, that's impressive! Its fabulous to see a sketch come to life like that. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to post Share on other sites
hippiechos 73 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Amazing @BlastWave! You have a lot of skill. Those timelapses are incredible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixey 4,541 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 I echo what @hippiechos said + wow Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua Lamusga 252 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 (edited) Teach me, master. (I really like your atmosphere and the tank in the clearing is a great example. I've attempted to nominate it for the galleria.) Edited May 6, 2017 by Joshua Lamusga 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drydareelin 243 Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 Fantastic artwork. I like the silhouette helicopter picture specially due to the shape, lighting and movement effects you've used. Keep it up! Quote Gallery DeviantArt Planet Tutorial | Sun Tutorial Link to post Share on other sites
BlastWave 203 Posted May 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2017 (edited) Thank you all very much. I'm really happy you liked the timelapses. And thank you @Joshua Lamusga for the attempt at a nomination to the galleria! Since you guys liked them so much, I've decided to do some more of them. To start, here is a scene I actually did for a friend last Christmas. Timelapse: http://i.imgur.com/oXEZQOX.gif The enormous armored bulldozer in my first post, separate from the scene. Note the little soldier for scale. Timelapse: http://i.imgur.com/ZhFH4Jc.gif A little World War I fighter biplane, a mix of 3-4 real life WWI fighter planes. Timelapse: Finally, last but not least, here are three random 1940s/50 race planes. Timelapse: http://i.imgur.com/l9coG6f.gif Timelapse: http://i.imgur.com/zvk1a62.gif Timelapse: http://i.imgur.com/VjVkBC6.gif Edited July 8, 2017 by BlastWave 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woodsy 853 Posted May 7, 2017 Report Share Posted May 7, 2017 Incredible time lapses Blastwave! Quote My PDN Gallery Link to post Share on other sites
hippiechos 73 Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Incredible work, @BlastWave! You are a master of vehicles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlastWave 203 Posted May 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) Thank you all! Here's another scene, this one of some special forces/troops out in the jungle. Just a quick test for various jungle foliage. Instead of a timelapse this time, here's a layer breakdown: http://i.imgur.com/97CO0RR.gif Edited July 8, 2017 by BlastWave 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua Lamusga 252 Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) Holy cow, your trees are marvelous. I can't get over your work. Followed and +1. Edited May 10, 2017 by Joshua Lamusga 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewDavid 714 Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Another great picture you have shared with the community. Thank you so much. Your work is highly encouraging to us newbies. Thanks for sharing. Digging them out of your vault or your most recent work? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlastWave 203 Posted May 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) On 5/10/2017 at 1:43 AM, Joshua Lamusga said: Holy cow, your trees are marvelous. I can't get over your work. Followed and +1. Thank you Joshua! On 5/10/2017 at 7:21 AM, AndrewDavid said: Another great picture you have shared with the community. Thank you so much. Your work is highly encouraging to us newbies. Thanks for sharing. Digging them out of your vault or your most recent work? Thanks Andrew. Yep, that is my latest work at the moment. Here's something from the vaults. This one here is from last week. Edited July 8, 2017 by BlastWave 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woodsy 853 Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Yes! Your trees are great! I'm wondering how you made them. I like your layer breakdown better than the timelapses. 1 Quote My PDN Gallery Link to post Share on other sites
hippiechos 73 Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 @BlastWave - I love how you manage to get such depth into your images. They are wonderful. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seerose 4,268 Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 @BlastWave! Beautiful and creative presented - love this! Thank you so much. Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to post Share on other sites
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